Scourge

Sharon Maria Bidwell

 

Paper fluttering in a cold breeze

torn from a book.

The knife cutting into flesh and blood seeps

black as a raven

in a tree where no bird can ever sing.

 

A burning line of fire

blackens branches.

A woman's wailing is the only sound

her face unseen hidden in her stained hands

though the skin is obscene white.

 

In searing heat from the pit

of his stomach the red flame rose

burning up towards the throat

consuming the heart.

 

Love and anger at war

has scorched the earth.

The wind dies and nothing stirs.

 

 

 

 

 

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